SlideShare beats YouTube for name searches

Aug 6, 11:02 am PST

If you want to rank high for searches on your name which social media channel should you use? This blogpost by Duane “DJ” Sprague describes a test of different channels for search visibility for his name. The experiment was over a 72 hour period.

SlideShare appears to be more effective at creating instant and higher search visibility than YouTube. I have also taken note that with 13 advertising videos on YouTube vs. 15 advertising slide presentations on SlideShare, the videos received 114 downloads in a week compared to 1,556 slide downloads, and the videos had a 3 day head start.

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If you are looking to rank high for your name, our suggestion is to fill out your SlideShare profile completely. Make sure to use your full name (that you are trying to rank high in searches for).

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6 Responses to “SlideShare beats YouTube for name searches”

  1. Power Point Slide Shows says:
    Aug 7, 11:00 pm

    Well that’s a good news
    Slide share have much better traffic than all social media on net that’s the reason that searches made best result

  2. Dünyan?n En ?yi Sunumlar? Aran?yor | Webrazzi says:
    Aug 13, 12:19 am

    [...] 2006′da bir start-up olarak ç?k?? yapan proje 2008′de Venrock yat?r?mc?lar?ndan ald??? toplam $3 milyon yat?r?mla kendisini giderek geli?tirmi? ve slogan benzerli?i ile de sunum dünyas?n?n YouTube’u olarak an?lmaya ba?lanm??t?. Hatta bu durumu ciddiye alan SlideShare, isim odakl? arama sonuçlar?nda kendini YouTube ile kar??la?t?rm??t?. [...]

  3. schuessler says:
    Aug 13, 12:17 pm

    I didn’t really know of slideshare before. That is really a big social plattform!

  4. Looking For World’s Best Presentations! | Webrazzi Global says:
    Sep 18, 8:08 am

    [...] the presentation world with its similar motto. In fact, SlideShare took this so seriously that, it compared itself to YouTube on name based search [...]

  5. En ?yi Sunumlar Aran?yor ! | Mustafa Can Güven | Just Personal says:
    Oct 3, 11:03 pm

    [...] 2006?da bir start-up olarak ç?k?? yapan proje 2008?de Venrock yat?r?mc?lar?ndan ald??? toplam $3 milyon yat?r?mla kendisini giderek geli?tirmi? ve slogan benzerli?i ile de sunum dünyas?n?n YouTube’u olarak an?lmaya ba?lanm??t?. Hatta bu durumu ciddiye alan SlideShare, isim odakl? arama sonuçlar?nda kendini YouTube ile kar??la?t?rm??t?. [...]

  6. Krista says:
    Nov 19, 1:30 am

    Youtube is my super favorite website. I cant spend a day without watching music videos on Youtube.

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